Doctolib
Large (~3,500)
Mercury
Large (~1,300)
Best For
Doctolib
Best for: Engineers motivated by healthcare impact who want to build products improving medical access across Europe at a mission-driven company with a strong French tech identity
Mercury
Best for: Engineers who want product ownership and fast growth building startup banking infrastructure
Ratings
DoctolibMercury
3.7
4.3
Overall
3.7
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
3.9
Culture & Values
3.7
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.9
Career Opps
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Stanislas Niox-Chateau)
👍 79% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Immad Akhund)
Culture Values
Doctolib only
💜 Mission-Driven
Mercury only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Doctolib
- Mission-driven colleagues who genuinely care about improving healthcare access
- Strong growth opportunities with flexible remote policy and decent benefits
- Management can be heavy-handed — uses company principles as weapons against feedback
- French-centric culture makes it harder for non-French speakers to advance
Mercury
- Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
- Great Place to Work certified — product-first mindset with meaningful scope for every engineer
- Still figuring out how to scale processes — expect some ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Work-life balance rated 3.8/5 — periods of higher intensity during rapid growth phases
Bottom Line
Doctolib
Genuine social mission (digitizing healthcare access for millions) with a fast-shipping culture, but at 3,500 people reviews cite organizational change fatigue and management inconsistency.
Mercury
Choose Mercury if you want product ownership, fast growth, and to build banking infrastructure for startups — but expect growing pains and occasionally intense workloads.
Open Roles
Doctolib — 248 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
86
💻 Engineering
44
📣 Marketing
13
📋 Product
8
📊 Data
6
👤 HR / People
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
🎨 Design
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎧 Support
2
💰 Finance
1
Mercury — 55 jobs
💻 Engineering
13
💼 Sales / GTM
11
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
👤 HR / People
2
📣 Marketing
2
📋 Product
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
⚙️ Operations
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Doctolib scores 3.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Mercury scores 4.3/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Doctolib also emphasizes Mission-Driven. Mercury also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Doctolib has 248 open roles and Mercury has 55 open roles.